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Georges Dor (March 10, 1931 – July 24, 2001) was a Québécois author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator, and theatrical producer and director.

Early life

Dor was born Georges-Henri Dore in Drummondville into a large family. As a young man he worked in a factory, and studied at the École du Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montréal.[1]

Career

Dor undertook a career in radio as a disk jockey and news director. In the 1950s he worked at CHLN in Trois-Rivières.[2] Beginning in 1957, he worked for Radio-Canada where he became a director for the Evening News.[3]

Dor wrote poems for many years; in 1964 he was encouraged by friends to compete in an amateur singing competition. He began singing professionally in early 1965, and released his first album in 1966.[3] One of the songs from this album, his composition "La Manic", whose lyrics were a love letter written by a construction worker on the Manicouagan power project,[4] became the most popular recording ever by a Quebec chansonnier,[5] winning the Felix Leclerc award at the 1968 Festival du Disques.[6] Other songs of his had success, most notably "Une boîte à chanson" (A Music Box)[7] and "Pour la musique" (For Music).

He continued to perform as a singer until 1972, and to record until 1978. After that he worked mainly in the theatre and in television, producing and writing plays and téléromans.[7] He also wrote two novels and published several collections of poetry.[8]

See also

• List of Quebec musicians
• Music of Quebec
• Television of Quebec
• Culture of Quebec

References

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